Coal Tattoo chords by The Kingston Trio

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm  E minorEm E minorEm


Verse 1:

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Travelin down that coal town road.

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Listenin to my rubber tires whine.

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Goodbye to Buckeye and bright Sycamore.

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I'm leavin' you be-hind.

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I've been coal miner all of my life.

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Layin' down track in the hole.

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Gotta back like an ironwood, bent by the wind.

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Blood veins blue as the coal.

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Blood veins blue as the coal.

Verse 2:

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Somebody said, "That's a strange tattoo

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you have on the side of your head."

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I said,"That's the blueprint left by the coal.

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Just a little more and I'd been dead.

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Well, I love the rumble and love the dark.

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I love the cool of the slate,

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And it's on down the new road, lookin' for a job.

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This travelin' nook in my head.

Verse 3:

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I stood for the union walked in the line

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fought against the company.

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I stood for the U. M. W. of A.

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Now, whos gonna stand by me?

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I've got no house and I got no pay,

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Just got a worried soul

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And a blue tattoo on the side of my head

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Left by the number nine coal.

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Left by the number nine coal.


Verse 4:

E minorEm       D MajorD    E minorEm
Some day when I die and go

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To heaven, the land of my dreams.

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I wont have to worry 'bout losin my job,

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To bad times and big machines.

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I ain't gonna pay my money away

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On dues or hospital plans.

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I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll

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And sing with the angels band.


Outro:

  G+G        D MajorD   G+G
I ain't gonna pay my money away

  G+G    D MajorD     C majorC D MajorD
On dues or hospital plans.

   G+G            C majorC      G+G
I'm gonna pick coal while the blue heavens roll

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And sing with the angels band.